MBA survives plane crash

[chrmjenkins]

http://i.gizmodo.com/5215296/unibody-construction-helps-macbook-air-survive-plane-crash

Last February a Turkish Airways jet crashed in Amsterdam killing nine people and injuring 121 others. Passenger Sefer Baris and his MacBook Air survived the crash—but both were a little worse for wear.

Sefer's friend Bullent tells Macenstein:

He was sitting on the chair in the front [of the airplane]. Seat number seven. (3-4 chairs from the business class). He has his MacBook Air with him, he was watching a movie. When the plane began to land, he closed his MacBook Air, and put it in the skin. A couple of minutes [later] there was the crash."

Apparently Sefer broke his neck the accident—and his MacBook was bent all to hell. Miraculously, several operations have given Sefer the ability to walk, and sturdy unibody construction prevented his new MacBook Air from completely biting the dust. Despite their injuries, both "booted up" and are expected to recover. [Macenstein]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/04/macbook-air-crash_01.jpg
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/04/macbook-air-crash-2_01.jpg

[Mactagonist]

Thats awesome! And just think, we have people crying about it not being tough enough. :cool:

[alphaod]

That's pretty good.

Bless the passengers.

[Mintin8]

That's one tough laptop. Hope he gets better (not the laptop, the owner)

[zsnow]

we all agree that air is a perfect laptop.
just remember don't put it on the back itself in your car.
check this news, it's not air though.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090416.BCBRIEFS16ART2113-2/TPStory/National

[tubbymac]

Brings new meaning to the term Macbook "Air" :)

Macbook Airlines, how may we help you?

[Jack Flash]

That looks broken to me.

[tdevers]

That looks broken to me.

Get an external monitor and it will be fine! :p

[Schtumple]

Jesus that's warped to buggery, I wonder what the resale value of it will be now...

:p

Lucky guy really, lucky machine too...

[gretafour]

Brings new meaning to the term Macbook "Air" :)

Macbook Airlines, how may we help you?

Ha!

[Kebabselector]

Apparently Safari seems snappier!

[notjustjay]

Jesus that's warped to buggery, I wonder what the resale value of it will be now...

:p

Lucky guy really, lucky machine too...

Geez... being taken to within in inch of my life in a plane crash? I'd keep it for that novelty value alone.

Years from now he'll be telling the story. "And here's the computer! It still works!"

[JamesGorman]

I wonder if the adamo could survive that:p

[pellets007]

Jesus that's warped to buggery, I wonder what the resale value of it will be now...

:p

Lucky guy really, lucky machine too...It might actually increase now.:p

[TEG]

It Apple was smart, they would offer to replace it, then use it as a marketing tool, and have it on display at 1 Infinite Loop.

TEG

[janstett]

I wonder how something deliberately toughened (like the Panasonic Toughbook) would have fared.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3304172203_f6c8e8240d.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3304999704_322298c22d.jpg?v=0

Lenovo has a nice page on various catasrophes their notebooks survive (http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/thinkpad/community/legends/index.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ENQ1dUavI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLwWxVpXhRA

such as a house fire http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/thinkpad/community/legends/images/melted3_110x83.jpghttp://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/thinkpad/community/legends/images/melted4_110x83.jpg, being submerged in hurricane Catrina, being rolled over by a truck, etc.

[johnny13oi]

Lenovo has a nice page on various catasrophes their notebooks survive (http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/thinkpad/community/legends/index.html)

I think it's safe to say that any Thinkpad would have fared much better through any incident that the Macbook Air goes through. Try dropping a Thinkpad or a Macbook Air from a height of 5ft. I would have my money on the Thinkpad. Not to mention I have a Latitude D420 and can stack 5 or 6 really thick college textbooks on top of it and the casing would not even flex one bit. When I tried this on my Macbook Air, the thing started bending after 1 book. Keep in mind these are 1500 page textbooks.

[qubex]

MacBookFellOutOfTheAir.

[Ivan P]

Oh please, a MacBook Air with a damaged screen is more newsworthy than the deaths in the crash? :rolleyes:

[Benguitar]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/04/macbook-air-crash-2_01.jpg

"Its ALIVE!" http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2407.gif

Man.. That thing is really "bent" outta shape. :rolleyes:

I hope the passengers are okay.

[MrENGLISH]

It Apple was smart, they would offer to replace it, then use it as a marketing tool, and have it on display at 1 Infinite Loop.

TEG

I was thinking the same exact thing!

[gkarris]

'tis but a scratch... :eek:

:D

[Aaleck]

That would make one really cool background

[allmIne]

Oh please, a MacBook Air with a damaged screen is more newsworthy than the deaths in the crash? :rolleyes:

On a gadget website?

Yup.

[SFStateStudent]

Nice pics; sorry for the passengers and their families. :eek:

[kkim0228]

Oh please, a MacBook Air with a damaged screen is more newsworthy than the deaths in the crash? :rolleyes:

Seriously. Is it just me who thinks this is not funny at all? Am I just too serious of a person to think about the family members suffering from the deaths and the injuries of the passengers before the stupid laptop? Whoever wrote that article has no respect for human dignity.

No, really stop and think about it. Maybe there were a couple of Macbooks or whatever that survived 9/11. What the hell, I am a humorous person but I just can't take this insult, albeit indirect, to human lives.

[Doju]

Seriously. Is it just me who thinks this is not funny at all? Am I just too serious of a person to think about the family members suffering from the deaths and the injuries of the passengers before the stupid laptop? Whoever wrote that article has no respect for human dignity.

No, really stop and think about it. Maybe there were a couple of Macbooks or whatever that survived 9/11. What the hell, I am a humorous person but I just can't take this insult, albeit indirect, to human lives.There's probably dozens of articles about the people dying. Heaven forbid someone writes something amusing that doesn't directly pertain to the obvious story that cynical people must SOLELY have. :rolleyes:

[Sesshi]

I wonder if the adamo could survive that:p

Probably with less denting. A Sony TT/Z will likely survive with some scratches.

Terrible about the deaths though.

[wrinkster22]

I have to bump this thread. I wonder if there was any follow up one either of the conditions.